Phenomenology of the Parkour Practitioner

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211121.044How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Phenomenology; Parkour; Motives; Construction of Meaning

Abstract

Parkour is a relatively new discipline, one of the new types of sports carried out by moving from point A to point B efficiently and quickly by beauty and safety movements. The majority of Parkour practitioners are among the youth. In Pekanbaru, this sport also gets a lot of attention from teenagers. Parkour practitioners in Pekanbaru (Parkour & Freerunning Flow It) have about 130 members. This study aims to determine the experience by Parkour Practitioners in Pekanbaru. The research method used is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. This study aims to explore the experience of 10 Parkour practitioners with in-depth interviews, observation and documentation. Parkour practitioners in Pekanbaru have 7 movements: Balance, Quadrupedal, Precision Jump, Landing, Rolling, Climbing, and Vault. The results of the study explained that the experience of Parkour practitioners in Pekanbaru categorized into because motives: Parkour was considered as part of activities to try and error, Psychic impulse, and self-sensation; while in in order to motives, Parkour is part of creative sports activities that are able to practitioner Parkour, healthy, recognized exixtence.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatmawati Meokahar
AU  - Yoga Martilova
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Phenomenology of the Parkour Practitioner
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 188
EP  - 191
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211121.044
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.044
ID  - Meokahar2021
ER  -